‘Welcome back’: Netflix sets fall premiere date for ‘A Different World’ revival
Netflix is inviting all incoming freshmen back to Hillman College. The streaming giant revealed on Wednesday that the much-anticipated revival of “A Different World” would premiere around the same time as those freshmen in real life begin their college journeys. In a teaser poster shared on social media, fans can see Dwayne Wayne’s iconic flip […]
Project 2026: Heritage Foundation’s ‘Restoring America’s Promise’ Agenda Is Just More Of The Same
Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty The Heritage Foundation, the conservative anti-think tank that brought us Project 2025, quietly released Project 2026, its policy priorities for this year, which, for the most part, seem to be remixes of its priorities from last year. Also, the foundation isn’t actually calling it “Project 2026” — because why would it? […]
George Floyd’s brother criticizes joke made during Kevin Hart roast: ‘Tasteless’
Terrence Floyd is speaking out after a joke referencing his late brother was made during the recent Netflix roast of Kevin Hart. In an interview with media personality Loren LoRosa on The Breakfast Club, Terrence Floyd criticized the use of George Floyd’s name as part of a comedic punchline by Tony Hinchcliffe during the televised […]
Federal Judges Have Ruled Against Trump’s Immigration Policies More Than 10,000 Times, And We All Know Why
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Here’s the thing, good people: Republicans lie, Democrats lie — numbers don’t. Sure, statistics can be manipulated, and the figures often don’t tell the full story, regardless. Still, a court record, for example, is a court record, and it indicates to us that a legal dispute occurred. And even if […]
Tenn. House speaker suspends Democrats from committees after protest over redistricting map
Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton has removed all 24 House Democrats from every standing committee and subcommittee, retaliating against the caucus for protesting a special session redistricting vote that split the state’s only majority-Black, majority-Democrat congressional district in Memphis into pieces. As theGrio previously reported, Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis is a congressional candidate […]
‘I took it as a failure’: Michelle Obama, Serena Williams open up about motherhood journeys, how infertility creates a silent shame
Michelle Obama has opened up about raising her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, and the struggles she and her husband, Barack, had conceiving, namely in her 2018 book “Becoming.” As maternal health, IVF, and more remain major topics for Black women, Obama used a live taping of her “IMO” podcast to hold court with Serena Williams, […]
Louisiana Republicans advances map that could wipe out a majority-Black congressional district
Louisiana Republicans are moving fast. The state Senate advanced a new congressional map early Wednesday that would reduce the state’s Democratic House seats from two to one, eliminating one of its two majority-Black districts in the process. As theGrio previously reported, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry moved to suspend the state’s primary elections within a day […]
Racist Houston Ex-Cop Wants Her Job Back After Ranting About How She Hates Black People In Viral Video
Source: Ashley Gonzalez / Screenshot Last month, we reported the story of now-former Houston Police Department officer Ashley Gonzalez, the loud and proud racist, who recorded herself gleefully slinging around racial slurs while ranting about how much she hates Black people, takes great joy in committing acts of police brutality against them, and about how […]
Steph Curry launches full-ride scholarship program for Bay Area students at Davidson College
Stephen Curry is giving back to the communities that shaped his life through a new scholarship initiative with Davidson College and the Oakland Unified School District. According to the Charlotte Observer, the Golden State Warriors star announced the creation of the Davidson College Curry Scholars Program, a full-ride scholarship opportunity aimed at students from lower-income […]
Tennessee Removes House Democrats From Committee Assignments
Source: Apparently, there’s a competition going on for the most racist state, because Tennessee is doing its damnedest to win it. As if it wasn’t bad enough that Tennessee Republicans passed a map that disenfranchises the state’s Black voters, on Tuesday, they announced that every state Democrat will be removed from their committee assignments. WSMV […]